The book is a collection of stories based on a common theme of love. The book is very different from the first impression one would get from the title. A book very far from a collection of usually told mushy love stories; the editor has ensured the collection to be inclined towards the new age complications in love and relationships.

Major reason the book works so well is because of variety of authors and genre. The stories pan across themes like love, marriages, break-ups, proposals, sex, misunderstanding and lot more. The editor has taken special and conscious efforts to move to a more serious writing as the book, the mushy light reads are almost missing from the book. Some of the stories and their treatment become repetitive in the entire effort; this however doesn’t affect the enjoyable read.

Some of the notable stories from the book-

Written in the Stars (R. Chandrasekar)- The story dances around the theme of falling in love and how sometimes fate is and unusual circumstances are responsible for the fait accompli called love. This one will leave you smiling at the games played by the stars above us in making our destiny.

High Time (Kailash Srinivasan) – The story brings out the generation shift in the ideas of love, marriage and life. A beautiful story which will leave you in the fits of laughter, while making you think of the times when you were (would be) in the protagonist’s situation.

Pause, Rewind, Play ( Shoma Narayana)- The story is bound to take you by surprise, a tale when one finds true love in the betrayal. Very crafty style of writing with going back and forth in time ensures the reader is hooked to the characters.

Coffee? (Ahmed Faiyaz)- A brilliant story on love at a tender age and the problems around the conservative family. The story is well written, and the characterization well done that it would leave a warm feeling about the relationship between the characters

Some more enjoyable tales from the collection- A Good Day (Richa S. Chaterjee), Tall Order (Malathi Jaikumar) and The Jhalmuri Seller (Bhabani Shankar Kar)

Summary: A nice collection of stories, if you are interested in contemporary and serious themes of love.